Posts by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
(DIR) Post #AXFvvuY66EOeVyQLEu by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
2023-07-01T14:29:52Z
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I see today Twitter is laggy to the point of unreadability.
(DIR) Post #AXFvvwnPkFpxU3bbOK by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
2023-07-01T15:58:04Z
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@Alon @huly Well I've managed to get into a Celsius versus Fahrenheit argument here.
(DIR) Post #AXFvvy1z9Z5RJXQkk4 by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
2023-07-01T16:03:49Z
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@huly @Alon If anything I would be an electron-Volt guy.(I get unreasonably annoyed by this because we've all learned their language as the global lingua franca, they could make the effort to learn the global measurement standards)
(DIR) Post #AXFvvzaPN4DS8aXl2G by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
2023-07-01T16:27:48Z
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@Alon @huly I know joules are SI but in particle physics everything is measured in powers of eV (even times and lengths, because we set c=hbar=1).
(DIR) Post #AXFvw0QsE0BQlJ5eoS by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
2023-07-01T16:29:31Z
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@Alon @huly The funniest power unit I've seen is the EU standard for lamps: their power consumption is shown in kWh per 1000h.
(DIR) Post #AXJUJuXrkEc1MvoLHE by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
2023-07-03T09:38:03Z
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@25kV @pony
(DIR) Post #AXNRejSyblzDrLbIEC by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
2023-07-05T07:30:19Z
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@DarthPutinKGB You're a lunatic who may just trigger a nuclear holocaust and yet also a trustworthy leader with whom we should negotiate.
(DIR) Post #AXOGVBaOIi4jpyH2K8 by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
2023-07-05T16:59:21Z
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Some drama in my former scientific collaboration.A member went rogue, deleted two branches of the code, published a paper in their own name on the arxiv using data from the collaboration and maybe corrupted some data.
(DIR) Post #AXOZV6nI118S6Wz3Am by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
2023-07-05T20:30:50Z
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@Alon @owen @phillmv Belgium is still like France before these reforms :(They're not opposed on anti-racist, but populist grounds, "this will unjustly punish good working people".
(DIR) Post #AXPu2ZVIUDkWwZlHY8 by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
2023-07-06T11:56:13Z
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@pony Not much on the other bank, right
(DIR) Post #AXXkP3siNhSgXsorCK by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
2023-07-10T06:40:11Z
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@pony Is that a graph from your indoors temperature?But yeah, I've noticed the same thing, I blame not just waste heat from machines and humans, but also neighbours who don't ventilate as obsessively as me
(DIR) Post #AXXlpFNaM3YDgmJCpE by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
2023-07-10T07:02:41Z
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@pony Yeah, mechanical ventilation and heat pumps would be nice.
(DIR) Post #AXd1qVNdyCtiy2V4W8 by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
2023-07-12T19:39:08Z
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So we still have this old tradition of the King holding court, hearing petitioners and deciding to help them or not?The Belgian TV news yesterday mentioned that the King gets thousands of letters every day from people asking for help or for advice. Apparently the King's office often gives financial help to the petitioners and the typical amount is 200 euros.Between this and Russian mobiks recording appeals to Putin, I'm feeling closer than ever to the Middle Ages.
(DIR) Post #AXd1qXKAk5JEzqtKNs by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
2023-07-12T19:43:08Z
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I mean this is a hilariously paternalistic and corrupt institution. Social welfare claims should be handled by the normal channels, and if they're inadequate they should be improved, nobody should be relying on the ad hoc generosity of a King.
(DIR) Post #AXd235nqNTJlPAl0e8 by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
2023-07-12T19:49:51Z
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@25kV The Tim Traveller Youtube channel is great for this kind of weird travel tips.
(DIR) Post #AXd2tld86tLcBirZNg by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
2023-07-12T20:06:42Z
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@pony @25kV And didn't they even close the original venue? Or maybe I'm misremembering the video.
(DIR) Post #AXd38perPthN1Yr8ka by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
2023-07-12T20:09:03Z
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@pony The pardon power is definitely the most Kingly aspect of presidents. But never heard of any president's office granting ad hoc financial help lol
(DIR) Post #AXd3gKDMpSp7Lky0ky by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
2023-07-12T20:13:53Z
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@pony I'm always fascinated by these moments when we realise we're not that different from the past. Some people still want a big daddy King to take care of them. Gulf state economies are oddly similar to the colonial Caribbean. etc.
(DIR) Post #AXd3hXlJwdXxemQgam by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
2023-07-12T20:17:00Z
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@pony The Belgian thing isn't completely a holdover from ancient tradition, apparently it was Baudoin in the 1980s who drastically scaled up the operation and hired enough staff to make sure each letter would get some kind of reply
(DIR) Post #AXd48UpKxwdeN89zLU by DiegoBeghin@masto.bike
2023-07-12T20:19:04Z
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@pony oh that's also a good one, the way the US founding fathers are revered like some polytheistic pantheon, complete with weird mythology on their personal lives (something about Washington and a cherry tree?)